Soldier To Receive Medal Of Honor For Incredible Bravery After His Afghan Outpost Was Overrunhttp://www.businessinsider.com/ty-carter-medal-of-honor-afghanistan-2013-7/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:44:34 -0500Paul Szoldrahttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f81b44ecad04e443000014Bill MarquisTue, 30 Jul 2013 16:00:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f81b44ecad04e443000014
the american war machine should go home. it is NOT 'defending america' it is ATTACKING other people and murdering them. this is evil. it goes around the world murdering people for nothing and wasting tax-payer dollars that just make more people hate america and americans. every single life lost in afghanistan and every single penny spent has been wasted.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f7d210eab8ea791f000001JayanTue, 30 Jul 2013 10:47:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f7d210eab8ea791f000001
i like that one...let um win and then take um out...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f6bb1d6bb3f7322e000003DubiousMon, 29 Jul 2013 14:57:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f6bb1d6bb3f7322e000003
Because that strategy is working so well in Pakistan ...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f65ddd69bedd181c00002aHow to make more moneyMon, 29 Jul 2013 08:19:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f65ddd69bedd181c00002a
There is nothing wrong with your logic and your proposal.
You just miss one point: you can make much more money in the war biz if the boots are on the ground.
That's all what matters: how to make the most out of it. After all, it's getting more difficult to start new wars, you need to milk what you have as long as you can.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f5910069bedd705800003dchris1Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:45:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f5910069bedd705800003d
Some military industrial complex drone = wasted life.
Think if he was in the USA actually helping Americans.
Why are we in Afghanistan again?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f53e10ecad04ee3f00001bThe real medal of honor is equitySun, 28 Jul 2013 11:51:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f53e10ecad04ee3f00001b
In this world what the USA has become it is ridiculous to offer him anything else than a nice sized portfolio of shares from US companies, who make profit of the war. The real medal of honor is equity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f527bdeab8ea3829000015FactualThinkingSun, 28 Jul 2013 10:16:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f527bdeab8ea3829000015
The key to fighting "war of attrition" is taking a defensive position the enemy knows they can never take. Winning the war is psychological. By taking boots away they have no offense to play. And the drones keeps them from the spoils of victory. The likely result would be local town elders would maintain local control (who cares what their political beliefs are). Any Taliban trying to exert regional political control would eventually be killed. Taliban would have a tough time recruiting as well.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f523ad6bb3f75133000001FactualThinkingSun, 28 Jul 2013 09:59:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f523ad6bb3f75133000001
If you US troops leave and our strategy becomes preventing Taliban from taking political control. We can "take our time" in our drone strikes. Since the war would be over, current day to day missions would stop. The key issue is capturing intelligence. But it should be pretty clear who has political control over a given region. But the Taliban would know if they act out in the open, their dead. After a while they would get tired of being picked off endlessly. So most likely they, they negotiate. It would still be a war of attrition (as it already is), just with US troops at much lower risk and far lower costs.
The worst case is the Taliban take control, but they are continually distributed from planning international terrorism. I.e. We blow terrorist camps etc. Which is still an acceptable outcome.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4d4306bb3f77105000006just a random SFC in Shah Wali KotSun, 28 Jul 2013 04:20:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4d4306bb3f77105000006
While you do make some valid points I must disagree somewhat. While drones and aerial strikes can do significant damage and observe things they lack the ability to interpret emotions, make tactical decisions and do what ground troops do best, hold strategic ground. For the longest time Afghanistan was the forgotten war that drones and airstrikes controlled but much like the air war in the Balkans, a drone cannot tell the difference from its position whether something is a real fighter, weapon system, tent etc. or a fake designed to throw us off. I really do not see a drone being able to fire into a cave or an aircraft launching a 2 million dollar warhead to destroy a 10 dollar tent as being cost effective, however an infantry platoon that can close with and destroy that tent plus collect valuable intelligence on al Qaeda or the Taliban and how they operate, where their money comes from and tactics they are developing gives a lot of insight to contain the threat or even eliminate. I spent a couple months on Keating prior to the overrun and while yes it was not strategic it served a purpose of maintaining a presence. I do agree the economic aid is key but not in the aspect we are providing (millions of dollars in suitcases), these people need basic necessities like Maslow stated years ago, shelter, water, food, heat and a sense of purpose. Build schools, roads, farms and potable water systems and the people will remember as the corruption in the 'Stan is much worse and will continue when precious American dollars are poured in.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4a1f66bb3f70b2000001bzunguriSun, 28 Jul 2013 00:45:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4a1f66bb3f70b2000001b
Tastes great and less filling. Good plan.
Makes me think that the investment in more advanced floating platforms for drones is a good investment.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f47df5ecad049e4a00002aFactualThinkingSat, 27 Jul 2013 22:12:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f47df5ecad049e4a00002a
All due respect to the bravery, but what is the strategic importance to the USA of holding some treeless hill, in some worthless country? My suggestion;
1) We own the skies over Afghanistan with drones.
2) Get most if not all ground troops out.
3) Maintain economic aid to keep political influence.
4) But if the Taliban try to take political leadership, take them out with drones.
If we are fighting a war of attrition, we can do that with drones and without boots.
Basically, let the Taliban win and THEN kill them. The whole US strategy is to take out Taliban leadership. Great, but we can do that without boots.
BTW: Without American boots the Taliban loses a lot of support of the locals.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f45972ecad04660300002cYogiSat, 27 Jul 2013 19:36:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f45972ecad04660300002c
Terrific job Staff Sgt Carter. You earned it. God bless!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f454986bb3f7991d000006jamesxxxxxxxxxxSat, 27 Jul 2013 19:15:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f454986bb3f7991d000006
Good work.
At least we were fighting bad guys in this incident.
Of course, the rest of the story is fraught with moral dilemma ...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4529b6bb3f7ce1000001dA Random GermanSat, 27 Jul 2013 19:07:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51f4529b6bb3f7ce1000001d
Looks like he deserves it. Good job!
PS: Sad thing the CIA and pentagon didnt got the nation building right... .